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It's a little ironic that people like Mike, who supported Mrs. "ABORTION IS EVIL, GOD CREATED THE EARTH IN 7 DAYS!" Palin, are trying to talk science. You all realize climate really CAN'T be measured on a year to year basis? You realize that this year's temperature is still among the highest temperatures we've EVER recorded? Minor fluctuations should be expected, since we're only examining the WEATHER on a year to year basis. Ever heard of the La Nina effect? Yeah. The vast majority of the scientific community supports the idea that humans are contributing to climate change. They have the data. The brightest minds in the world are ALL in support of this, with the exception of a few (and PopSci has no obligation to waste time and space on a tiny fringe group with no credibility). Who am I to believe? The experts and what the data points at? Or a bunch of random conservo-crackpots on the internet who don't have any qualifications whatsoever? The only thing you people are capable of typing out is "it's a conspiracy" whenever conflicting evidence comes out, that somehow the wider scientific community is pure evil and trying to do this all for greed. Pleaaase.

Isn't this a little too... radical? We're still producing an enormous surplus in food. The only reason there are starving people is because of corruption, war, and the other host of problems in developing countries. I might not have any figures, but I'm positive that only a minority of countries in the world are using the most modern techniques to farm efficiently. Instead of getting the rich to race ahead in farming technology, we could just try getting the poor caught up with the rest of us.